In episode 21 of Watching Robocop with Kit Power, I am delighted to be joined by legendary fantasy author RJ Barker. RJ is simply one of my favourite human beings, and in this freewheeling, wide-ranging conversation, topis we alight upon include:

• The gorgeousness of ED209
• The joy of heavy-duty painkillers
• The negative impact of carpets on ED209
• How the gas station attendant is really all of us
• ED209's family life
• Squidgy head man
• The ballad of ED209

And much, much more. Enjoy, and thanks as ever for listening.

RJ Barker's work can be found here (and you should go find it, it's awesome)

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For episode 20, I am joined by the mighty Jack Graham. In an instant classic conversation, we cover such diverse subjects as:

• The liminality of the 80’s and the future
• Sadism and bullying as a mode of government
• As above, so below
• Talking in generalities
• The Alan B’stard connection to Dick Jones
• Hitchcockian framing and serious filmmaking
• Why the helmet?
• The glory of stop-frame and ED209
• Weller’s brilliance

And much, much more. Enjoy, and thanks as ever for listening.

Jack Graham's Patreon can be found here, and I Don't Speak German can be found here.

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Thanks to the extraordinary generosity of Patreon backers, Watching bonus episodes return in 2019! And to kick off, Dr. David Baume returns to watch and discuss 1951's The Man From Planet X.

David's website can be found here:

Why Robocop is the greatest movie ever made.

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Legendary author, editor, and horror aficionado Johnny Mains finally joins me it which The Greatest Movie Ever Made. In a rollicking, wide-ranging and frequently hilarious discussion, highlights include:

• Watching on VHS
• The genius of Nancy Allen
• The Robocop/Night of the Living Dead connection
• Miguel Ferrer and his awesomeness
• Visceral responses to on-screen violence
• President Gore
• The Green Cross Code and David Prowse
• The bravery of the toilet scene shots
• Crappy 80’s movie nightclubs
• The Richard Nixon connection
• The physical degradation of the hero

And much, much more. A genuine classic with a wonderful guest. Enjoy.

 This time out we're joined by horror author, editor and podcaster (and, it turns out, fellow Robocop superfan) Amber Fallon! Amber knows storytelling, and brings brilliant insight, as well as some laughs. In a jam packed episode, listen out for:

• Amber’s horror movie roots
• Worldbuilding through advertising
• The only movie to shock and disgust Amber
• Ray Wise and The Devil
• The many genres of Robocop
• Why Arnie would have made for a bad Robocop
• I don’t kick cats
• McDonalds and the Great Filter
• The eternal mystery of bad, yet well sculpted facial hair
• Does Robocop even breathe? And could he get a contact high from cocaine?
• Dinosaur attack cards
• Chekhov's middle finger
• “When all else fails - hostages!”

And much, much more. Enjoy, and thanks as ever for listening.

Amber's website can be found here - go there and read ALL THE THINGS!

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For Episode 17, Author and Youtuber (and, it turns out, fellow Robocop superfan) Edward Lorn sits down to watch The Greatest Movie Ever Made. In a delightful, wide ranging chat, highlights include:

• Slight delay in the early part of the recording, due to connectivity issues
• Horror movie heroes and villains
• The awesomeness of Paul Weller
• World building
• Riffing on ED209 as a Doberman
• The endlessly shifting power dynamic

And much, much more. Enjoy, and thanks as ever for listening.

Edward Lorn's Patreon can be found here, and his YouTube channel can be found here.

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If you'd like more regular Robocop episodes, once my Patreon reaches $20 a month, Robocop will be restored to a monthly schedule, with bi-monthly bonus episodes where I talk about Stephen King's IT. Backers get early access to both this show and my written work. For more details, check out my Patreon here:

This time out, I am overjoyed to be joined by Doctor Sandifer of Eruditorum Press fame, who agreed to sit and watch The Greatest Movie Ever Made with me. Highlights include:

• The cyberpunk connection
• The Judge Dredd and lesser known Halo Jones connections
• Sub cultures and micro cultures
• Me picking Dr. S's brains on writing process
• A brief digression on Metal

And so much more. 

Enjoy, and as ever, thanks so much for listening.

Why Robocop is the greatest movie ever made.

Dr S lives at Eruditorum Press, which can be found here.

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If you'd like more BONUS episodes, once my Patreon reaches $20 a month, I will continue recording extra episodes on a bi-monthly basis, where I watch something other than RoboCop - specifically, where I talk about Stephen King's IT. Backers get early access to both this show and my written work (including the uncorrected proof of my new short story collection). For more details, check out my Patreon here:

In a special bonus episode, George Lea returns to the show, this time to watch and discuss seminal 80's horror movie (and just maybe the greatest horror sequel ever) Hellbound: Hellraiser 2! In a wide ranging and passionate discussion, listen out for:

• IT - the book and film - and the storytelling of the book (including spoilers)
• New Line logo, associative fear, and THAT opening
• That amazing score
• Fearless expansion of the mythology
• “Don’t look in the box!”
• Sounds of delighted disgust
• Clive Barker and fairy tale logic
• Open brain surgery
• The brilliance of Kenneth Cranham
• The horrific rebirth
• Why Julia is a better villain than Frank
• “Come to mother!”
• ‘Russellian elements”
• What would Larry’s hell look like?
• The way the films make the Cenobites sympathetic antagonists without compromising their monstrosity
• Julia just owning Frank
• The differences between Channard and Pinheads sadism
• Will IT give us the return of mainstream horror?
• The Hellraiser III that never was
• Just how cine-literate this film is

Enjoy, and thank you for listening.

Why Robocop is the greatest movie ever made.

Georges superb blog, Strange Playgrounds, can be found here.

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Because here's the deal; every year, my $10 backers get to request that I record a bonus episode on a subject OTHER than RoboCop, and this year, the request was to watch the first two episodes of Blakes' Seven, so I decided to put this out in December, with RoboCop returning in January.

So here it is. Enjoy :)

Why Robocop is the greatest movie ever made.

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Episode 14 of the show is a stone cold classic, featuring author, podcaster, youtuber, critic, fellow Gingernutter and friend George Daniel Lea. Together, we sit and watch the greatest movie ever made, and the conversation roams far and wide, including such delights as:

• ED-209 love and the Harryhausen connection
• The brutality of 80’s action movie violence
• ‘Big doesn’t mean unintelligent’
• The problem with Marvel and superficially flawed heros
• The Deus Ex connection
• Twin Peaks and Deadwood
• Great movie and TV villains
• The intimacy of Clarence’s death

And so, so much more. Enjoy, and as ever, thanks so much for listening.

Why Robocop is the greatest movie ever made.

Georges superb blog, Strange Playgrounds, can be found here.

Theme tune provided by The Disciples of Gonzo, from their track Superhero. Listen to more from them here:

If you'd like more BONUS episodes, once my Patreon reaches $20 a month, I will continue recording extra episodes on a bi-monthly basis, where I watch something other than RoboCop. Backers get early access to both this show and my written work (including the uncorrected proof of my new short story collection). For more details, check out my Patreon here:

Welcome back! This month, I am joined by host of The Psycosemantic Podcast and all round top bloke Daeron Wilson, who agreed to sit with me and watch the greatest move ever made. In a classic Watching Robocop episode, listen out for:

• Me on the scariness of Trump
• Nancy Allen love
• ED-209 and peaceful protest
• Cocaine and Catholic school
• SportsBall riots
• ‘Don’t think much of yours’
• Random Ray Wise slander

And much, much more. Enjoy, and as ever, thank you for listening.

Why Robocop is the greatest movie ever made.

The Psycosemantic Podcast can be found here.

(the episode I guested on is here)

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Just in case you have any lingering doubts, after the last episode, that this entire experiment is at this point entirely, gloriously out of control, I bring you the first ever episode of watching Robocop WITHOUT Kit Power, as Episode 9 guest Rich returns with person-I've-literally-never-heard-of-or-met-who-has-never-even-seen-Robocop-before Weldon and proceeds to do an entire episode of my show, without me.

Yeah. It's as surreal as it sounds.

In an episode littered with bizzare assetions and innacurate assumptions, look out for:

• A completely fabricated date setting on 2030
• Rich consistnatly spoiling the best bits of the movie for Weldon just before they happen
• A 100% authentic reaction to Emiles' final passing
• Further fevered speculation on the nature of the Clarence/Dick relationship
• Love for Nuke 'Em

And so much more. Strap in - this one is practically post-modern :)

Why Robocop is the greatest movie ever made.

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Well, it happened. After having my dad guest on the show last month, this month I sit down with MY MUM, and watch the greatest movie ever made - for her first viewing, it transpires. And it is EPIC.

As a result of it being Mum's first time, there are a few more pauses than usual, as I give Mum a bit of space to absorb what's happening on screen, and also more narration of the action than in some previous show. But I have to say, for someone who started the weekend asking me what a podcast was, she hits her stride in considerable style. I think this will work particularly well as a commentary track, but I'm sure those of you in podcast land will also find much that brings you joy. Amongst other things, listen out for:

• Mum's conviction that she's seen the staircase, if not the movie
• Engagement with the eereiely predictive nature of the movies politics
• Mum cracking me up beyond the point of repair on two separate occasions
• The rechristening of OCP top brass as 'corporate slimeballs', I suspect for good

And so, so much more. Enjoy this one, it's really special.

Why Robocop is the greatest movie ever made.

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For episode 10, we're joined by very special guest Dr. David Baume to watch the greatest movie ever made. matters arising include;

• The difference between movies and films
• The superb pacing of Robocop
• Stunned silence at Kenny’s execution
• OCP’s effective resource planning
• 3 stooges with shotguns
• The glory of the Robocop design
• That bloody sitcom
• That Robo silhouette
• Judge Dredd/Robocop confusion
• The Western connection
• Lets blow up a petrol station
• High density storytelling
• The cooperative nature of movie fights
• A faberge hand grenade
• Curtwood Smith’s brilliant smile - and the Jack Nicholson connection
• The laws of Robotics as applies to Robocop
• Various grunts of appreciation/enthusiasm/disgust
• Driller killer in reverse
• Lee Marvin’s Point Blank

and much, much more. Enjoy, and thanks for listening.

David's website can be found here:

Why Robocop is the greatest movie ever made.

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If you enjoyed this podcast and would like to contribute financially to the monthly production costs, in exchange for early access to both this show and my written work, please see my Patreon here:

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James Murphy, guest from episode 1, returns to the show for our second episode, in which we pay tribute to the true king of rock n roll, the recently departed but ever-present Chuck Berry, via the medium of a podcast commentary track for 1987 documentary and concert movie Hail! Hail! Rock N Roll!

Two music geeks are in hog heaven on this one, so relax and enjoy an outpouring of love for a singular talent. in particular, look out for:

• Me rhapsodising about Chuck on vinyl
• Logo nostalgia
• Kieth's dirty looks inducing hysteria in your humble hosts
• Digressions on Little Richard, Bruce Springsteen, and Jerry Lee Lewis
• Us not knowing guest artists
• The sheer oddness of the Julian Lennon apearence
• Our stated certianly that this move 'could only be made in 1980 (actual filming year 1987)
• Repeated rhaspodising about the film making
• Lapses into silence as we absorb the majesty of the music

And so much more. Enjoy, and thanks as ever for your support.

Why Robocop is the greatest movie ever made.

Pex Lives and City of the Dead podcasts can both be found here:

Wrong With Authority can be found here:

Murphy and Powers Listening Post can be found here:

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Welcome to Episode 9! It's an episode of firsts - our first somewhat anonymous guest, our first episode since episode 8, and also our first live-and-in-person recording. And what fun we had! Listen out for:

• Rich taking over a movie podcast to talk about football and give podcasting advice
• The brilliance of Jane Campbell (Episode 3 guest)
• Digressions about metrics
• The unreality of Trump
• Numerous Patreon plugs
• The popularity of the ‘crime is cancer’ theory
• ED209 and the AT-ST
• Bladerunner
• Score vs. music
• The devastating state of the political left in the UK
• Interrogating the logic of Robocop’s gun and use of force
• The military industrial complex
• Breaking the 3rd wall
• The predictive nature of this movie
• Rogue One spoilers and TFA discussion
• I am the medium, not the message
• Cosplay adjacent
• Learn what the show was almost called
• Cross examining the murder victim
• Many Dick jokes
• Is DIck Jones a Sith?
• Me getting defensive about ED209 as robot chicken
• The London riots
• Two white guys solve feminism
• Spoiler alerts
• Missing the ending
• Watching Robocop - the franchise

Enjoy, and thanks as ever for your support.

Why Robocop is the greatest movie ever made.

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For episode 8, I am delighted to be joined by long term friend and minister for board games Nate Brett. Nate saw Robocop under similar circumstances to me, but had not revisited the film since, for reasons passing understanding. So this is a fun filled journey through a cinematic classic! Listen out for:

• The video van man
• The woeful UK tv edit
• Action narcolepsy and why car chases are dull
• Most hated guest ever?
• Did Robocop inspire the future?
• The problem with rich people
• The child-like appeal of being made into a cyborg
• Kit finding the scene advance button at an inopportune time
• Nate discovering where ‘I’d buy that for a dollar’ comes from
• Nate not actually watching the movie
• The darkness of Dick Jones as a lover
• Obscure Kevin Smith references
• Bubblegum in detroit air, and the bad assery of that
• “All the gear, no idea”
• Metal clad men
• Nate’s reaction to the death of melty man
• Some politics
• And just a touch of casual abalism

Enjoy!

Why Robocop is the greatest movie ever made.

The Minister of Board Games can be found here.

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In episode 7 of Watching Robocop, I'm delighted to be joined by Lee Russell, of They Must Be Destroyed On Sight! podcasting fame (co-host Daniel Harper was our guest on Episode 2, and our first bonus episode on T2). Lee is a whip smart, fun, and engaged movie critic, and brings all that expertise to bare in a brilliant conversation. In particular, listen out for:

• An exciting new theory about Boddiker’s gang
• The Clint Eastwood connection
• What ED-209 was modelled on
• Futuristic coffee cups
• What’s wrong with modern action scenes
• Dan Aykroyd for mayor!
• Stephen King digression
• The ghost in the machine

And much, much more. Enjoy - this one's a corker!

Why Robocop is the greatest movie ever made.

Lee's podcast can be found here. And go check it out, because it's brilliant.

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For this episode of Watching Robocop with Kit Power, I’m delighted to be joined by Chris Barnes of AudioRam productions. Chris Barnes is an audiobook narrator of considerable talent, with a well deserved reputation in the horror community for professionalism and skill. It’s an honour to have him sit and watch a movie with me.

Listen out for:

• Chris making a killer Eastenders reference that demolishes Kit
• Kit referring to his favourite movie as a ‘show’ (clearly started drinking early)
• Where did spoilers came from in the 80’s?
• Periods of silence as Chris and I absorb in awe the amazing action sequences
• Kit continuing to push his homoerotic readings on unsuspecting guests
• Fond reminiscences of old video games based on movies
• Sniffing
• A new fan theory: do OCP also run a glazers?

Why Robocop is the greatest movie ever made.

Chris Barnes can be found on Facebook here and Twitter here.

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Welcome to the fourth episode of Watching Robocop with Kit Power! This month, I am delighted to be joined by Renee Pickup, a superb author, non-fiction writer, blogger and podcaster with strong opinions and excellent taste in movies. Join us, and discover:

• Renee's 'not enough violence in movies' theory
• Kill Bill and why you never dis Con Air
• An exciting new fan theory about Clarence's nose

And SO much more. Enjoy! And as ever, thank you for your support. :)

For more of Renee's blogging and podcasting, please head on over to her webpage.

My monthly Ginger Nuts Of Horror blog ‘My Life In Horror’, which kicked off this whole thing, can be found here.

Why Robocop is the greatest movie ever made.

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Welcome to the first ever bonus episode of the podcast! Thanks to the amazing generosity of my Patreon backers, I am going to be releasing these bonus episodes on a bi-monthly basis, in which returning guests get to pick THEIR favourite movie to talk about.

In our first bonus 'cast, Daniel Harper returns to talk about his childhood love affair and obsession with Terminator 2: Judgement Day. Amongst many revelations, discover:

• How there are, in fact, only two Terminator movies
• Vonnegut's holy word
• Kit outing himself as a human chauvinist

And much, much more. Enjoy! :)

For more of Daniel's blogging and podcasting, please head on over to his page on Eruditorum Press.

My monthly Ginger Nuts Of Horror blog ‘My Life In Horror’, which kicked off this whole thing, can be found here.

Why Robocop is the greatest movie ever made.

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If you enjoyed this podcast and would like to contribute financially to the monthly production costs, in exchange for early access to both this show and my written work, please see my Patreon.

Welcome to episode 3 of Watching Robocop with Kit Power! This month I am delighted to be joined by Jane Campbell, a superb podcaster and blogger, whose work on Doctor Who, Lost, and Stephen Universe is so dazzlingly brilliant that she was always a must-have guest for this show, so I was incredibly flattered that she agreed to appear. To add to the fun, she'd never seen Robocop before the week of recording. And it's the first instance of watching the Directors Cut on the show!

Enjoy!

For more of Jane's blogging and podcasting, please head on over to her page on Eruditorum Press.

My monthly Ginger Nuts Of Horror blog ‘My Life In Horror’, which kicked off this whole thing, can be found here.

Why Robocop is the greatest movie ever made.

Theme tune provided with the kind permission of The Disciples of Gonzo, from their track Superhero. Listen to more from them here.

If you enjoyed this podcast and would like to contribute financially to the monthly production costs, in exchange for early access to both this show and my written work, please see my Patreon.

For the debut episode of my podcast, I'm delighted to welcome James Murphy of Pex Lives and City of the Dead fame! Be Amazed! as we talk about the sad demise of stop frame animation and superb foley work! Thrill! to the sound of opening beer cans and subsequent descent into giggling incoherence on the part of your host! Marvel! at James’ patience as I allow my enthusiasm for this movie to override his attempt to speak again and again!

 Why Robocop is the greatest movie ever made.

Pex Lives and City of the Dead podcasts can both be found here:

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